Druggists weight-drawer



(No Model.)

T. HODGES & A. H. MYERS.

DRUGGIST'S WEIGHT DRAWER.

N0. 369,243. Patented Aug. 30, 1887,

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THOMAS HODGES AND ARRISTON H. MYERS, OF LOUISBURG, KAXSAS.

DRUGGISTS WEIGHT-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,243, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed December 30, 1886. Serial K0. 223,031. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Tnorms Honours and Annrs'ron H. Mines, of Louisburg, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Drnggists \VeightDrawers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure I is a perspective view of our improved device, showing one drawer fully open, another partly open, and another closed. Fig. II is a longitudinal section showing one of the drawers in its open position in full lines and another in its closed position in dotted lines. This section is taken on line H II, Fig. III. Fig. III is a cross section taken on line III III, Fig. II.

Ourinvention relates to an improved device for holding drnggists weights; and our invention consists in features of novelty, here inafter fullydcscribcd, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a case, which is preferably provided with a perforated log, 10, by which it is hung or supported over or near the weighing scales when not in use.

2 represents the drawers fitting in this case and adapted to be opened out into the position shown in Fig. II, and the drawer shown on the left side of Fig. l. \Vheu open, they fall into an inclined position, as shown, to al low easy access to the weights. They are provided upon each side with U-shaped ribs or strips 5, between the arms 8 of which fit se1nicircular studs or projections 4 on the case, which act to guide the drawers as they are opened and closed. These arms 3 form grooves or channels, which are closed at their inner ends by the connecting-pieces, so that when a drawer is opened the connectingpieccs of the arms come against the projections a and limit the outward movement of the drawer.

The inner ends of the drawers are beveled on top, forming long inclined flat bearings 6, so that the drawers are allowed to drop into the inclined position shown, and have a long and strong support at their inner ends by the inclined portions 6 coming against the top of the case, as shown. The inner ends of the U- shaped strips are located beneath the outer ends of the bevels.

The end of each drawer would be marked with the dimensions of the weights it contained, and a tablet may be placed above each drawer correspondingly marked. lVith this improved arrangement the drugweights may be kept separate, and thus save a vast amount of time in picking over a miscellaneous number.

lVe prefer to provide the bottom of the case and the partitions 9 with angle-strips 7, on which the drawers and U-shaped strips slide, and to place strips 8 on the sides of the .case and partitions above the upper arms, 3, these strips 7 and S acting to hold the drawers firmly in their pockets in the case.

The bottoms of the receptacles of the drawcrs are made semicircular or concave in shape from their front ends to their bevels, for the purpose of keeping the weights in the central part of the drawer, where they can be con veniently grasped by the fingers, and for the purpose of aifording ease in removing the .weights from the box, which may be done by sliding the weights up the inclined bottom.

W'e claim as our invention- 1. The combination of a case, 1, having drawer-opening and studs t, projecting from the sides of the opening, and the drawer 2,

formed with long inclined flat bearings 6, for sustaining the drawer in inclined position, and provided with U-shaped ribs 5 on the sides, forming a channel for the studs, substantially as shown and described.

2. Thecombiuation of a case, 1, having drawer-opening, the studs 4, angle-strips 7 on each side of the opening at bottom, strips 8 on each side of the opening at top, drawer 2, formed with long inclined llat bearings 6, for sustaining the drawer in inclined position and sliding in the angle-strips, and the U-shaped ribs 5 on. the sides of the drawer, forming a channel for the studs sliding between the strips, substantially as shown and described.

THOMAS IIODGES. ARRISTON H. MYERS. lVitnesses:

It. A. WEIGHT, 0. \V. MGNELLY. 

